Wider Perspectives on Global Development

This volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics to explore how to improve the well-being of the poor, how to design effective structures and institutions for poverty reduction and what the role of economic, political and social dimensions are (and should be...

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Main Authors: Atkinson, Anthony B. (Author), Basu, Kaushik (Author), Bhagwati, Jagdish N. (Author), North, Douglass C. (Author)
Corporate Author: UNU-WIDER.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2005, 2005
Series:Studies in Development Economics and Policy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics to explore how to improve the well-being of the poor, how to design effective structures and institutions for poverty reduction and what the role of economic, political and social dimensions are (and should be) in global development. Issues addressed include globalization; both its governance and a historical perspective; inequality, of income, and the potential for conflict; trade and labour practises in a transitional and developing world, and; the natures and characteristics of institutions and markets
Physical Description:XX, 259 p online resource
ISBN:9780230501850